Thaxton’s Canoe Trails and Paddlers’ Inn
North Fork Licking River near Thaxton’s Canoe Trails and Paddlers’ Inn
About this river
North Fork Licking River is a 15.0 mile river near Thaxton’s Canoe Trails and Paddlers’ Inn in Kentucky. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge North Fork Licking River near MT Olivet, KY (site 03251200). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1991 to 2026
North Fork Licking River typically runs highest in February, at a median 280 cfs, and lowest in September, at 3.1 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 12,400 cfs, in 1997.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 250 | 113 to 587 | |
| February | 280 | 132 to 701 | |
| March | 261 | 140 to 620 | |
| April | 191 | 105 to 439 | |
| May | 122 | 52 to 389 | |
| June | 40 | 12 to 178 | |
| July | 17 | 4.3 to 78 | |
| August | 11 | 3.4 to 36 | |
| September | 3.1 | 0.8 to 15 | |
| October | 4.4 | 0.5 to 23 | |
| November | 32 | 3.3 to 139 | |
| December | 163 | 56 to 382 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 35 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for North Fork Licking River near MT Olivet, KY (site 03251200). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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